I once was muteto the injustice and oppressionof those with faces unlike my own

But, now, my eyeslook, captured by their gaze,connecting with the Light within

Now, my earshear the song of thousandsstruggling to sing in harmony with Life

Now, my voicebeckons, like the bells of oldwaking others to the Call

by Linda M. Rhinehart NeasCopyright 2009

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This poem came to me just after reading Maithri's latest blog post. While the same message has been given throughout the years by countless others, wiser and more eloquent than I, my prayer is that it will "wake others to the Call."

We have heard over the years the following:"It takes a village to raise a child.""We are the change we are waiting for." "Do to others as you would have done to you.""It shouldn't hurt to…

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